Nottingham City Transport and Nottinghamshire County Council Partner to Improve Buses to Tollerton, Cotgrave and Cropwell Bishop

We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council to bring our Green 11 route to Spire Hospital, Tollerton, Cotgrave, Hollygate Park and Cropwell Bishop.

The new service, replacing the current 33 as far as Cropwell Bishop, will begin on Monday 15th September 2025, providing a bus every hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes. 

• First bus arrives into Nottingham just before 7am
• Last bus departs Nottingham just after 6pm 

You can view the 11 timetable for the extended part of the route here. 

If you use the 11 only within Nottingham, buses will still run at the same frequencies they do now (up to every 20 minutes), but with more buses for Ambleside and Water Sports Centre – the full timetable for this part of the route will be available soon.

Nottinghamshire County Council are making changes to their 747 and 833 services to cover other parts of the 33 route not served by our 11. Find out more here.

What’s the route?

The 11 will run between Cropwell Bishop, Hollygate Park, Cotgrave, Tollerton, Gamston, Lady Bay, The Meadows and Nottingham City Centre.

Buses will start in Cropwell Bishop, serving Church Street and Hoe View Road, continuing under the A46 and through Hollygate Park, passing the Country Park into Cotgrave.

In Cotgrave, buses will serve Candleby Road, Woodview, Ring Leas, Owthorpe Road and Scrimshire Lane before continuing along Cotgrave Road and Cotgrave Lane to Tollerton.

Buses will pass the Spire Hospital on Tollerton Lane to Gamston Morrisons.

Between Morrisons and Nottingham City Centre, buses will operate along Ambleside, through Lady Bay, over Trent Bridge and through The Meadows.

In Nottingham City Centre, buses will stop at Nottingham Station, Victoria Centre, just off the Old Market Square on Angel Row and at Broadmarsh. 

If you need to travel to/from West Bridgford, there will be a Bridgford Connect ticket that allows you to travel from anywhere on the 11 route between Cropwell Bishop and Tollerton Lane to West Bridgford at no extra cost by changing to our Green 6 bus at Gamston Morrisons.

How much?

NCT’s Outer Zone tickets and passes will cover the new section of route.

We accept contactless payments and cash (exact fare) and you can also buy tickets on the free NCTX Buses app.

• A single fare each way is £3
• An all day ticket covering the full route of the 11 and all NCT buses in Nottingham is £8 adult, £6 for under 19s

For connections to/from West Bridgford and Nottingham, we'll be offering through tickets that allow you to pay once, but use your ticket on two buses to complete a single journey. The tickets available are:

• Bridgford Connect - £3 - covering a journey where you board/alight between Cropwell Bishop and Tollerton Lane on the 11 and where you board/alight between the Cricket Ground and Gamston Morrisons on the Green 6
• Vale Connect - £3 - covering a journey from anywhere on the 11 to anywhere on the Centrebus 833 

If you’re travelling regularly on NCT, our Easyrider Further passes provide discounted travel for a week, month or annual travel. 

You can view our full range of tickets and passes here.